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Suggest Treatment For Skin Hives All Over The Body

I have been suffering from erticeria/hives for years but since august it became really bad and I ve had to rush to the emergency room. Last night my saturation dropped to 75 and they started me on Deflazacort half of 30mg once a day for 5 days. Will I put on a lot of weight I m very very worried.
Mon, 7 Dec 2015
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five days of deflazacort will not make you gain weight please do not worry
secondly are you on any long term antihistamine therapy
have you got allergy testing done to find out the triggers
please share it with us so that we can help you better
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Suggest Treatment For Skin Hives All Over The Body

five days of deflazacort will not make you gain weight please do not worry secondly are you on any long term antihistamine therapy have you got allergy testing done to find out the triggers please share it with us so that we can help you better